cartilaginification
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cartilago, cartilaginis (“cartilage”) + facere (“to make”).
Noun[edit]
cartilaginification (uncountable)
- The formation of cartilage.
- 1844, John Grantham, Facts and Observations in Medicine and Surgery:
- In the second , or cartilaginous state , the semi-opaque jelly becomes dense , transparent , and homogeneous , the change taking place from the surface towards the centre , and constituting cartilaginification
References[edit]
“cartilaginification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.